I Putanesca, His one true prophet etc. etc. (Black Olive unofficial separatist wing), have pondered this subject and thus do I speak:

“For centuries the initiated (politicians, lawyers, doctors, theologians, academics, priests etc.) have used impressive looking but ultimately meaningless drivel to keep themselves atop their ivory towers and us, the hygienically challenged masses (I did just have a shower but I’m pretty sure I missed that bit behind my ears, again) in our ‘rightful’ place, i.e. at the bottom looking up in awe.”

“I therefore give to you our very own meaningless drivel with which to combat them and get this, it’s been around for over 500 years (now is that forward planning by the FSM or what?). It’s called Lorem Ipsum (check it out at http://www.lipsum.com/).”

Christianity - The belief that a cosmic JewishZombie who was his own father can makeyoulive forever if you symbolicallyeat his fleshand telepathicallytell himyou accept himas your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talkingsnake to eat from amagical tree…Yeah, makes perfect sense...

Amo amas, I met a lassAnd she was tall and slenderAmas amat, I laid her flatAnd played with her feminine gender

"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical or cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." ~ Bill Hicks."To argue with a person who has renounced reason is like administering medicine to the dead." ~ Thomas Paine."One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." ~ Abraham Lincoln."If you're making a political point wearing a balaclava, you're a c***. It was true for the IRA and it's true now." ~ daftbeaker.

I will have to say, I like the idea of adopting the Lorem Ipsum as our official Latin Gibberish. It doesn't really mean anything, but it turns up as a placeholder in all kinds of places. It's obviously been put there by His Noodliness, and people just didn't realize it. Much the same way people who say "Happy Holiday" are honoring the FSM (pesto be upon him) without even realizing it.

Ubi Dubium wrote:I will have to say, I like the idea of adopting the Lorem Ipsum as our official Latin Gibberish. It doesn't really mean anything, but it turns up as a placeholder in all kinds of places. It's obviously been put there by His Noodliness, and people just didn't realize it. Much the same way people who say "Happy Holiday" are honoring the FSM (pesto be upon him) without even realizing it.

According to Jasper Fforde, Lorem Ipsum is the language of the book world. How much do we like literature?

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickOK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard.-- Dr. JoyEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."